About Walk in Hong Kong

Walk in Hong Kong is the city’s leading cultural enterprise. We specialize in curating memorable experiences — be it tours or immersive events, in-person or virtual — that tell the mesmerizing stories of our bustling metropolis.

We are known for our wonderful storytelling. We make what might otherwise be dry history lessons into memorable experiences, rooted in Hong Kong’s people and culture. Our skills transcend the real and virtual world, and allow us to curate equally engaging journeys both offline and online. Our walking tours are well loved by travellers, corporates, schools, families, and locals alike.

Coming from a variety of professional backgrounds, each of our knowledgable guides has plenty of personal stories to share about this fair city. Most importantly, they all live a shared passion to promote Hong Kong beyond what's in the usual guidebooks.

Our vision does not stop there. While we are not an NGO, we are a company with a strong social mission. Despite our small scale, we are an influential advocate for heritage conservation and driving social changes. In 2016, our team successfully lobbied for a Grade 1 historic building status for State Theatre in North Point, helping preserve one of the city's most important theatrical venues.

Our vision

Build something that Hong Kong has never seen before.

Walk in Hong Kong began life in 2013 as a startup aiming to introduce walking tours to Hong Kong. Over the past few years, we have created a number of firsts — we have led Hong Kong’s first wheelchair-friendly walking tour, designed Hong Kong’s first gamified walking tour, and organized Hong Kong’s first secondary school level architectural education programme. Entrepreneurial spirit is deeply embedded in the company’s DNA.

Our Story

  • Aug 2013

    Walk in Hong Kong is born!

  • Dec 2016

    State Theatre Conservation: achieved Grade I historic building status

  • Apr 2017

    HSBC Youth Business Gold Award

  • Jun 2017

    Hong Kong LGBT+ Inclusion Index Top SME Employer Award

  • Aug 2017

    Collaborating with the Hong Kong Tourism Board in creating the Old Town Central campaign

  • Jul 2018

    First Hang Lung Young Architects Program completed

  • Sep 2018

    Sham Shui Po Hong Kong Tourism Board Campaign

  • May 2019

    Earned TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame status

  • Mar 2020

    Pioneered Hong Kong's first online live virtual tours

  • Mar 2022

    Achieved Hong Kong Awards for Industries: Innovation and Creativity Certificate of Merit with our online virtual tours

Our Team

Nurses, architects, government officials, academics... Our tour guides come from all walks of life, yet they share the same passion — telling you the city's mesmerizing tales (we do have a certified hypnotist on board!) and their own equally fascinating stories. Learn more about our co-founders, team members and some of our guides here:

(Kudos to Rayman Cheuk - Photographer for the great photos!)

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Paul Chi-yuen Chan

Co-founder & CEO

An erstwhile academic, a former ministerial aide, and a man of finance in his previous incarnation, Paul is principally an avid traveller. Outside of work, he can be found temple or village-hopping. By founding Walk in Hong Kong, Paul is determined to show the world that his home turf is not just a fishing-village-turned-metropolis, since there are actually more mesmerizing stories to tell!

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Haider Kikabhoy

Co-founder

Born into a family of natural storytellers, Haider grew up spellbound by the tales he heard from Hong Kong’s past century. He stalks the city’s streets in an imagined time machine, bent on resurrecting fabled buildings from the ashes of time. Whimsical and wry, his walks are a jukebox of Hong Kong’s eccentricities.

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Chung-wah Chow

Co-founder

Chungwah is a travel writer in both English and Chinese. She’s co-authored Lonely Planet guides to Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, as well as written for the BBC, CNN and various Asian media outlets. She enjoys ikebana, chado and yoga. As a careful yet adventurous traveller, she explores haunted house at midnight, challenges herself for a volcano excursion and graveyard is on her top visit list!

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Managing Director
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Project and Marketing Manager
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Joyce

Project Officer
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Lesley

Communications and Project Manager
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William

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James

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Audrey

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Miranda

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Annie

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Ken

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Take a look at how working at Walk in Hong Kong is like here.

Alumni

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Janice

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Francis

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Megan

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Oskar

Project Manager
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Stephanie

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Brand Manager
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Social Media Strategist

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活現香港、長春社、Docomomo HK 聯合聲明 促請古諮會將舊皇都戲院至少評為一級歷史建築 | Joint statement by Walk in Hong Kong, The Conservancy Association and Docomomo HK to the Antiquities Advisory Board

April 15, 2016

 文化企業活現香港、長春社以及Docomomo HK(國際現代建築文獻組織香港分會)今天(4月15 日)發表聯合聲明,促請古物諮詢委員會(古諮會)將北角舊皇都戲院,至少評為一級歷史建築。 Cultural heritage group Walk in Hong Kong, The Conserva…

西區美食文化導賞團 Western District Food & Culture Tour

March 2, 2016
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(Scroll down for English version.) 港島西區區內新舊共融、中西交匯,既有堅守數十載的傳統產業、滿載人情味的家族老店以及傳承數代的傳統手藝,也有新派咖啡小店、藝廊、特色餐廳及店舖。是次活現香港將與新世界策動的The Artisanal Movement合辦導賞團,將帶…

Breaking News: Guided tours of Des Voeux Road Central!

February 16, 2016

What do you see when you walk down Des Voeux Road Central (DVRC)? A canyon of glass business towers blocking the not-so-blue sky, heavy traffic and tense office workers are probably the most common answers. But is that all? What about the “underground” arcade games centre, the vintage tailor, or the alluring old-school bakery?

Did you see us in Wong Tai Sin District on last Sunday?

January 31, 2016

After three months of collaboration with Wong Tai Sin Youth Development Network to train around 40 youngsters as walking tour docents, we’re delighted to see these enthusiastic ambassadors give their own Wong Tai Sin tours to a group of primary school students from Po Leung Kuk Ho Sau Nan Primary School last Sunday. Check out … Read more

活現香港、長春社、Docomomo HK 聯合聲明 促請古諮會將舊皇都戲院至少評為一級歷史建築

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